CAHSS Faculty Books and Book Chapters
People Can Think Themselves into Anything: The Domestic Nightmare in My Name is Julia Ross
Book Title
The Films of Joseph H. Lewis
Document Type
Book Chapter
ISBN
9780814334621
Publication Date
2012
Editors
Gary D. Rhodes
Keywords
domestic nightmare, films, Joseph H. Lewis, Julia Ross
Description
Joseph H. Lewis enjoyed a monumental career in many genres, including film noir and B-movies (with the East Side Kids) as well as an extensive and often overlooked TV career. InThe Films of Joseph H. Lewis, editor Gary D. Rhodes, PhD. gathers notable scholars from around the globe to examine the full range of Lewis's career. While some studies analyze Lewis's work in different areas, others focus on particular films, ranging from poverty row fare to westerns and "television films." Overall, this collection offers fresh perspectives on Lewis as an auteur, a director responsible for individually unique works as well as a sustained and coherent style.
Essays in part 1 investigate the texts and contexts that were important to Lewis's film and television career, as contributors explore his innovative visual style and themes in both mediums. Contributors to part 2 present an array of essays on specific films, including Lewis's remarkable and prescient Invisible Ghost and other notable films My Name Is Julia Ross, So Dark the Night, and The Big Combo. Part 3 presents an extended case study of Lewis's most famous and-arguably-most important work, Gun Crazy. Contributors take three distinct approaches to the film: in the context of its genre as film noir and modernist and postmodernist film; in its relationship to masculinity and masochism; and in terms of ethos and ethics.
Publisher
Wayne State University Press
City
Detroit, MI
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities | Creative Writing | Film and Media Studies
NSUWorks Citation
Santos, M. (2012). People Can Think Themselves into Anything: The Domestic Nightmare in My Name is Julia Ross. The Films of Joseph H. Lewis Retrieved from https://nsuworks.nova.edu/shss_facbooks/83